If you wish to verify please feel free to reference the morning reports of Kilo company, the unit history and casualty list for the parent units, or request his IDPF file from the government. You will need to be familiar with order of battle terminology and Navy Department abbreviations as used in special and individual orders. I don't think it is necessary for all posting replies, to quote specific sources or resources. There are some on this board that possess military knowledge on obtaining information and their interpretation or actual experience in WWII and simply wish to help others.

when one posts specific information there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for not citing the source of the information.. if it is personal knowledge, which you didnot have in this delong instance, that is one thing, you referenced a place... a book, a url something. and it should be cited..just as it would be cited if the information was sent to the researcher by a librarian... book, page author etcetcetc... else it is hearsay... if one is a historian, then one should do what is expected of them.. you cited the group the man was in. you did not cite the source of the info... even herein you tell me and i quote, "If you wish to verify please feel free to reference the morning reports of Kilo company" more specifics than yhou did at the first... and as it happens "I KNOW full well what you are talking about... but i doubt the original query person does! talking about general informaiton and things from a standpoint of KNOWING because of ones interest is one thing... stating on the list that a person was with suchNsuch comapny,bn,reg and div is another... do you understand the nuance..? the difference in these two instances?... also at issue is making a comment about such detailed info about the person being asked about leaves the researcher with just some info which may or may not be accurate... and no place to go back to to verify your words or to learn or to see if there is MORE that you did not investigate...... just as was done first thing this very morning.. a statement that the man was NOT on the ambc list.. when in fact he WAS... if we are going to help researchers, then lets do the whole job..not just hanging a carrot out to them... teach...tell them HOW to go about finding the info... for once they KNOW HOW, then they can apply it to other individuals in their family or they can help others.... not teaching and only giving info (without citation) is not helping... it is merely perpetuating hearsay..... On 1/14/06, Snowfrog1961@aol.com <Snowfrog1961@aol.com> wrote: > If you wish to verify please feel free to reference the morning reports of > Kilo company, the unit history and casualty list for the parent units, or > request his IDPF file from the government. You will need to be familiar with > order of battle terminology and Navy Department abbreviations as used in special > and individual orders. I don't think it is necessary for all posting replies, > to quote specific sources or resources. There are some on this board that > possess military knowledge on obtaining information and their interpretation or > actual experience in WWII and simply wish to help others. > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >